IDEO & Conservation International Program
Client: Conservation International
Creative Direction, Program design and managment, Experience Design, Theory of Change design, Organizational Strategy, Leadership Education
Human Problems, Human Solutions.
For more than 30 years, Conservation International has helped nature thrive by minimizing human impact on threatened environments. But as the climate crisis worsens, the global nonprofit has come to realize that human impact can only be redressed by human intervention. Conservation International wanted to complement its science and field program capabilities with a human-centered design firm that could drive innovation and progress. So the organization is working with IDEO to evolve its leadership and culture. As we bring creative tools to Conservation International, we're learning much about the challenges of fieldwork and what it takes to be a truly regenerative organization.
Conservation International is made up of conservation experts. To bolster its work, we bring a focus on scale, speed, and the human element to every project.
Working together required a shared language, one of cohesion and play, creativity and reslience. A third culture brand of it’s own, not IDEO’s and not CI’s allowed us to break from the known. Across a dozen projects within the relationship, the speed of execution accelerated as did the deliverable timelines.
"Working with IDEO has helped us transform into a more experimental, innovative, and collaborative organization. We dream big, and IDEO has accelerated our progress and inspired our teams in the field as we reimagine the conservation movement for the good of all." — DANIELA RAIK, VICE PRESIDENT OF FIELD PROGRAMS,
For more than 30 years, Conservation International has helped nature thrive by minimizing human impact on threatened environments. But as the climate crisis worsens, the global nonprofit has come to realize that human impact can only be redressed by human intervention. Conservation International wanted to complement its science and field program capabilities with a human-centered design firm that could drive innovation and progress. So the organization is working with IDEO to evolve its leadership and culture. As we bring creative tools to Conservation International, we're learning much about the challenges of fieldwork and what it takes to be a truly regenerative organization.
Conservation International is made up of conservation experts. To bolster its work, we bring a focus on scale, speed, and the human element to every project.
Working together required a shared language, one of cohesion and play, creativity and reslience. A third culture brand of it’s own, not IDEO’s and not CI’s allowed us to break from the known. Across a dozen projects within the relationship, the speed of execution accelerated as did the deliverable timelines.
"Working with IDEO has helped us transform into a more experimental, innovative, and collaborative organization. We dream big, and IDEO has accelerated our progress and inspired our teams in the field as we reimagine the conservation movement for the good of all." — DANIELA RAIK, VICE PRESIDENT OF FIELD PROGRAMS,
